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Daitokai Series (1976)

Daitokai Series poster
Original title
大都会 闘いの日々
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 35 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hardboiled detective series set in a sprawling Japanese metropolis. The show follows a lead detective and his team as they take on organized crime and corruption across multiple story arcs.

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What happens

Daitokai (大都会, The Big City or Metropolis) was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979 for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was Tetsuya Watari. The drama won popularity and was followed by Seibu Keisatsu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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